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Murders in 2020 Up 31% Over 2019 in 59 Cities

11/21/2020

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From Princeton sociologist Patrick Sharkey on 2020 vs. 2019 murders.

The map/graphs aren’t that useful, other than that red is up in 2020, while green is down. Note there is a typo: “Jan 2019 – Oct 2020” should read “Jan 2020 – Oct 2020:”

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From Jeff Asher’s Crimealytics spreadsheet, a running tally of murders year-to-date across 59 cities, with a mean date of last update of September 18:

City	2020	2019	Change	As Of
59 cities	5,671	4,340	31%	9/18

Lubbock	22	9	144%	9/23
Milwaukee	149	79	89%	10/21
Minneapolis	67	36	86%	10/14
Fort Wayne	24	13	85%	7/31
New Orleans	170	97	75%	11/17
Riverside	12	7	71%	8/21
Louisville	104	62	68%	8/31
Toledo	36	22	64%	8/17
Fort Worth	49	31	58%	9/11
Colorado Springs	22	14	57%	7/31
Boston	53	34	56%	11/15
Chicago	692	451	53%	11/15
Aurora	23	15	53%	7/30
Denver	63	43	47%	8/31
Arlington	19	13	46%	9/2
Austin	33	23	43%	8/31
Atlanta	112	79	42%	10/17
Lexington	28	20	40%	10/21
San Bernardino	35	25	40%	8/31
Cincinnati	76	55	38%	10/10
Oakland	80	58	38%	10/18
Philadelphia	422	307	37%	11/15
New York	405	295	37%	11/15
St Louis	185	136	36%	8/31
Indianapolis	129	98	32%	9/1
Houston	229	176	30%	8/31
Cleveland	114	88	30%	9/20
Miami	90	70	29%	11/8
Sacramento	23	18	28%	7/31
Tulsa	47	37	27%	7/31
Nashville	91	72	26%	11/14
Seattle	29	23	26%	8/31
San Antonio	83	66	26%	7/31
Greensboro	44	35	26%	10/18
San Diego	30	24	25%	7/31
Detroit	230	187	23%	9/22
Dallas	220	180	22%	11/17
Kansas City	162	133	22%	11/17
Washington	179	147	22%	11/17
Charlotte	94	78	21%	10/13
San Francisco	27	23	17%	7/31
Jacksonville	116	100	16%	10/21
Las Vegas	84	73	15%	11/14
Portland	25	22	14%	7/31
Los Angeles	223	197	13%	9/19
Stockton	31	28	11%	8/31
Bakersfield	29	27	7%	9/22
Long Beach	19	18	6%	7/31
Omaha	24	23	4%	8/31
Lincoln	4	4	0%	8/31
Plano	1	1	0%	8/31
Baltimore	291	302	-4%	11/14
San Jose	21	24	-13%	8/31
Durham	18	22	-18%	7/25
Newark	33	41	-20%	9/27
Oklahoma City	31	39	-21%	7/31
Virginia Beach	6	9	-33%	9/11
Chula Vista	7	11	-36%	7/31
Anchorage	6	20	-70%	9/8